Oxford Street has its own dedicated law enforcement team. Oxford Street Revealed s1e6
Five million visiting the West End every week. ibid.
One of three Arsenal-supporting Norwegian friends who have come to London for the FA Cup final. Oxford Street Revealed s1e8
You don’t have to be qualified to be a tour guide but it helps. ibid.
Two lads think a souvenir shop on the Street has massively overcharged them … Three e-cigarettes … £420. Oxford Street Revealed s1e9
There are nine dedicated sportswear shops on Oxford Street. ibid.
Over 12% of shops’ annual sales are made in the festive period. Oxford Street Revealed s1e10
Rickshaw drivers – these unregulated cycle-taxis converge on Oxford Street to pick up tourists … They are also accused of overcharging customers. Oxford Street Revealed s2e1
Skimming devices on cash machines … ATM skimming is on the rise in the UK. Oxford Street Revealed s2e2
Distraction thieves on Oxford Street – police track them down. Oxford Street Revealed s2e3
Shoplifters on Oxford Street – they’re trickier than ever. Oxford Street Revealed s2e4
Vast swathes of the east end of the Street are now a building site as developers plunge billions into a new plaza that will dominate the area. Oxford Street Revealed s2e5
Rough sleepers at Marble Arch – police take action. Oxford Street Revealed s2e6
Oxford Street gridlock – protesting cabbies take their grievances to the streets. Oxford Street Revealed s2e7
Squatters take over a building in protest at an Oxford Street development … The squatters aren’t going quietly. Oxford Street Revealed s2e8
Table-surfing: this is when thieves target bars and restaurants and attempt to distract their customers. Oxford Street Revealed s2e9
The secret world of bicycle couriers … Nine cycle couriers are known to have died on the roads in the last thirty years. Oxford Street Revealed s2e10
Rogue rickshaw drivers on Oxford Street - the police set out to crush the problem. Oxford Street Revealed s3e1
‘They’re unlicensed, they’re unregulated and they are uncontrolled.’ ibid. Andy the rozzer
The narrow confines and millions of shoppers passing by add to the complexities faced by construction companies. ibid.
A Tube strike brings chaos to Oxford Street. Oxford Street Revealed s3e2
Welcome ambassadors: they act as walking information points for visitors. ibid.
There are four giant department stores on Oxford Street. ibid.
The police are on the hunt for high-value shoplifters … After losing his job there they believe he returns to the store at night and helps himself to high value goods in the store-room. Oxford Street Revealed s3e3
Oxford Circus: It’s Britain’s busiest railway station … Hundreds queue at the four entrances to wait for the doors to reopen. ibid.
At Oxford Street’s brand new toy shop staff are preparing for the gala opening in five days’ time. ibid.
On the trail of the pickpockets … She is apparently known in Germany as a member of an organised crime gang. Oxford Street Revealed s3e4
After months of planning the new [JD] store is ready. ibid.
Drug dealers give out business cards. Oxford Street Revealed s3e5
A team from Thames Water are getting ready for a night out with a difference. Tonight sewer-flushers Gary and Tim are on the attack; they’re involved in an ongoing battle with fat. ibid.
The Oxford Street police team take on skankers: fake drug dealers with a reputation for robbery. Oxford Street Revealed s3e6
Orb team: it’s usually their job to spot pickpockets and bag thieves. Oxford Street Revealed s3e7
Police are on the trail of bike-snatchers and shoplifters. Oxford Street Revealed s3e8
There’s a row going on about mosaics underground [Tottenham Court Road]. ibid.
So this is London. Rain, a hotel in Kensington, a feeling of depression. Tiger by the Tail aka Cross-Up 1955 starring Larry Parks & Constance Smith & Donald Stewart & Cyril Chamberlain & Ronan O’Casey & Lisa Daniely & Alexander Gauge & Ronald Leigh-Hut & Thora Hurd & Doris Hare & Marie Bryant et al, director John Gilling
The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a gruelling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy in London has served no purpose other than to flaunt the power of the state. It has cost £12 million. The quarry is an Australian charged with no crime, a refugee whose only security is the room given him by a brave South American country. His ‘crime’ is to have initiated a wave of truth-telling in an era of lies, cynicism and war.
The persecution of Julian Assange is about to flare again as it enters a dangerous stage. From August 20, three quarters of the Swedish prosecutor’s case against Assange regarding sexual misconduct in 2010 will disappear as the statute of limitations expires. At the same time Washington’s obsession with Assange and WikiLeaks has intensified. Indeed, it is vindictive American power that offers the greatest threat – as Chelsea Manning and those still held in Guantanamo can attest.
The Americans are pursuing Assange because WikiLeaks exposed their epic crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq: the wholesale killing of tens of thousands of civilians, which they covered up, and their contempt for sovereignty and international law, as demonstrated vividly in their leaked diplomatic cables. WikiLeaks continues to expose criminal activity by the US, having just published top secret US intercepts – US spies’ reports detailing private phone calls of the presidents of France and Germany, and other senior officials, relating to internal European political and economic affairs. John Pilger, article ‘Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Stuggle for Justice’
Two-fifths of the children are malnourished in London. Mark Thomas Comedy Product s2e2, Channel 4 1998
Tottenham August 2011: ‘There is intelligence to suggest that Mark Duggan is currently in possession or control of about three firearms and is looking to take possession of a firearm at the scene.’ Lawful Killing: Mark Duggan, rozzers’ briefing, BBC 2016
The police shooting of Mark Duggan in August 2011 triggered the worst riots in modern British history. People died in those riots … There is still no agreement about what actually happened when Duggan was stopped by armed police on that summer’s day. ibid.
The story is wrapped up in secret intelligence … leading to a suspicion that the truth is being hidden. ibid.
‘Something’s not quite right here. So what is the truth?’ ibid. Mark’s brother
Trident: a Metropolitan police unit tasked with tackling gun crime. ibid.
Broadwater Farm Riots in 1985: ‘vicious vicious riots.’ ibid.
‘There are very few angels on Broadwater Farm … but they’re not gangstas.’ ibid. Mark’s brother
News outlets need to be held to account for their coverage of the headline-hitting English riots, a new report has argued. Media and the Riots: A Call for Action, published on the first anniversary of the Tottenham, north London, riot which took place last August is the first report to examine the impact of the mainstream print and broadcast media’s reporting on the communities most affected.
The report, written by University of Leicester sociologist Dr Leah Bassel, reflects the views of those people who attended the Media and the Riots conference held by the Citizen Journalism Educational Trust and The-Latest.com in November.
The event brought young people and community members from riot-stricken areas face-to-face with reporters and media scholars. The report draws on views expressed by the more than 150 participants at the conference as well as the findings of current reports, journalistic reporting and research.